MAŁACHOWSKI Piotr Nałęcz - A Collection of Noblemen's Names with a Description of the Coats of Arms of the Families Remaining in the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania; by a born ... Ziemianina Woiewod: Czerniechow[ski] arranged, corrected, multiplied and reprinted. Lublin 1805. druk. J.C.K. Mci u XX Trynitarzów. 16d, p. 817 [is erroneously 717]. Bound in period psk.
Spine and covers repaired, rubbing of spine, unpatched folds of title page, minor stains. Own stamp. On p. 706, near the description of the Osoria coat of arms, a seal with this coat of arms imprinted in lacquer. Second, completed and revised edition of the coat of arms, first published in 1790 in Lutsk. The author writes in the preface: "Through trefunek, and the Printing House, at which I was not able to be present, some mistakes have crept into the Work moie published at the beginning of the Year 1790 [...], I have corrected the errors noticed, and having confidence in the diligence of the Superior over the Printing House which I have now put my writing to the press, I expect that no one will have cause to complain about the inaccuracy". About Malachowski, Wikipedia writes: "Author of a valuable - (because based, among other things, on the Crown and Volhynian Metrics, Lithuanian statutes and the First Statute of Mazovia, the Second Statute of Mazovia, and Sejm constitutions) heraldic publication 'Zbiór Names Szlachty z Descripem Herbów'."
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